Hello, Anvin
Thanks!
Hello, all
Next is my the latest version, please review it.
Thanks!
>From 141546c77ff7be523a9e72f5259df4a6827f2c1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jzha144 <jun.zh...@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:51:18 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] If we are doing a crash dump, we still need non-E820_RAM
memory type address information, which come from BIOS or
firmware. for example: PCI_MMCONFIG check this address.
Signed-off-by: jzha144 <jun.zh...@intel.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/e820.c | 9 +++++++++
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index df06ade..f8672d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -851,6 +851,15 @@ static int __init parse_memmap_opt(char *p)
* reset.
*/
saved_max_pfn = e820_end_of_ram_pfn();
+
+ /*
+ * If we are doing a crash dump, we still need non-E820_RAM
+ * memory type address information. so we only remove
+ * E820_RAM type.
+ */
+ e820_remove_range(0, ULLONG_MAX, E820_RAM, 1);
+ userdef = 1;
+ return 0;
#endif
e820.nr_map = 0;
userdef = 1;
--
1.7.6
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Jun Zhang
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-----Original Message-----
From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:h...@zytor.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:47 AM
To: Zhang, Jun
Cc: Thomas Gleixner; Ingo Molnar; x...@kernel.org; Andrew Morton; Fleming,
Matt; Paul Gortmaker; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] To crash dump, we need keep other memory type except
E820_RAM, because other type come from BIOS or firmware is used by other
code(for example: PCI_MMCONFIG).
On 10/30/2012 06:26 PM, Zhang, Jun wrote:
> From aebc336baa7ec2d4ccb6f21166770c7d2ee26cba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: jzha144 <jun.zh...@intel.com>
> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:51:18 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] To crash dump, we need keep other memory type except
> E820_RAM, because other type come from BIOS or firmware is used by
> other code(for example: PCI_MMCONFIG).
I'm sorry, I can't quite parse the description or the comment... could you
clarify it a bit? I think I know what you mean, but there is clearly risk for
misunderstandings.
-hpa
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